National Council; Our Last National Event of the Year

National Council; Our Last National Event of the Year

Come and join Women for Indy at our last national event of 2015, our National Council, which we are holding in Alloa.

Each affiliated Women for Indy group is entitled to two votes at this meeting, but the meeting is also open to non-voting women, whether members of Women for Independence or not, so please do join us.

The event is open to all women and is free to attend, although a bucket collection will be taken on the day to cover the costs of venue hire.

Alloa Town Hall is fully accessible by public tranpsort.

RSVP to this event to let us know you're coming.

Clacks WFI have kindly offered to do teas & coffees for donations, but note that food will not be available.

AGENDA

Chair; Gillian Martin, Indyquine and WFI National Committee

(All timings are approximate. Contents of agenda subject to change at any time up to and including the day of the event!)

1.30 pm Welcome & Opening Remarks

Welcome From Tina Murphy, Provost of Clackmannanshire

Welcome from local MP Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh

2pm Open Session - DOING POLITICS DIFFERENTLY

What do we mean when we say we want to do this? This will be an open mic session, where anyone who wants to speak will be given an opportunity. We want to talk about adversarial politics; do they work? Can politics be kind? How do we disagree without being disagreeable?

2. Back to School Banks; what they are, how they work, etc. - Sandra Douglas

3. Fracking & UGE - Maria Montinaro (anti-fracking activist)

4. Carers - Sue Lyons

4pm Open Session - PROSTITUTION

The Scottish Parliament is looking at its policy on prostitution. Many support the Nordic model, where demand is criminalised, but others are calling for fuller decriminalisation/legalisation of sex work. The debate is heated, but we want a session where we discuss the issues with respect and open minds. We are not expecting to reach detailed consensus, but we hope to identify those related issues that we can all agree on and will adopt our position accordingly.